Willa Cather and New Mexico

Recent repeated excursions to New Mexico (if only in my mind and photo archives) resurrected thoughts of another essay long wanting to be written. If you remember the listing of literary luminaries who enjoyed Mabel Dodge Luhan’s hospitality and patronage from my post If These Walls Could Talk, Willa Cather’s name was among them. Willa … Continue reading Willa Cather and New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico

In my last post, If These Walls Could Talk, you might have noticed D.H. Lawrence’s name on the list of luminaries with links to Mabel Dodge Luhan in New Mexico. During the first trip to our neighboring state to the south in the autumn 2009, we happened across a sign alerting us to the presence … Continue reading D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico

If These Walls Could Talk

If these walls could talk, they might tell of: …four rooms fashioned from adobe some 200-odd years ago in Taos, New Mexico …the momentous decision by Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962) to move to Taos in 1917, and to purchase 12 acres of land in 1918 on which these four rooms stood …the renovation of these … Continue reading If These Walls Could Talk